Castle Sunspear

Castle Sunspear, the Glimmering Bastion of the Vostarian Empire, is now a fallen crypt where the dead roam the once illustrious halls.

Location
Found a half-days travel south of Ostermark, it lies on a lonely mountaintop where it can view the sea and land around it.

Structure
It was once made of stone from a local quarry. Strong lumber was brought in from the east to create a castle that will never fall from an outside force. It had a well protected entrance with several towers overlooking the single bridge that led into its interior.

After the magical explosion and the arrival of the undead, the castle was rebuilt from its ruins by the undead that come forth from somewhere underneath all the rubble. They built with an exotic exterior, not like one has seen anywhere in this world.

History
Founded in 652 AS, it was built to protect the cities of Ostermark and Averland from raiding parties coming from the sea. It held against all invasion forces, kept the land safe, and brought prosperity the nation. Now it is nothing more than a scar.

The magical and proud city of Ostermark gave thanks to the commander of the castle every year, giving them gifts of gold, magical items, or slaves to be worked in the mines. The vaults of Castle Sunspear were considered one of the most dangerous and wealthy across the Empire with what it contained. Every ten-year, the commanding officer would be escorted by the Royal Legion with the contents of the vault in tow back to Andros where they would be presented as a gift to the Imperator.

It was near the end of the ten-year when the Orb of the Fallen Queen was sent to Castle Sunspear. On the very first day of being held inside the vault, the castle erupted in sickly green fire destroy all the was near. The castle was torn asunder, and nothing but a mound of rubble remained. Undead started to come from the underneath the rubble, clawing their way back up to the surface where they soon razed the nearby Ostermark.

Several years pass and a legion was sent to retake the castle. The final words received from the legion was the Sangius Magus attached to them using the magic spell Sending, "The Sun has set...". Nothing has been recovered from the legion since then and they are all presumed dead or turned undead.